Name: | GWYNWOOD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/02/1899 |
Completed: | 03/1899 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 102 |
Dimensions: | 1084grt, 674nrt, 212.5 x 35.0 x 13.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 148nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 110088 |
History: | |
03/1899 | Steam Colliers Ltd (HC Pelly & Co), London |
1901 | William France, Fenwick & Co Ltd, London |
1931 | Soc Napoletana Anon Imprese Marittime, Naples; renamed FUCSIA |
1934 | Gennaro Montella, Torre el Greco; renamed SACRO CUORE |
1937 | Managers Lauro & Montella |
02/12/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/12/1942: Sank after being shelled and torpedoed by HMS UMBRA off |
Sousse (35.22N 09.45E) on a voyage from Tripoli to Trapani |
Above photos showing GWYNWOOD at Blacktoft courtesy of the Charlie Hill collection
Above photo showing GWYNWOOD at Dunkerque (far left) courtesy of David Asprey